Film adaptation (acted by students of English)
SUMMARY, by Josep Guiteras
A policeman was walking through the streets of New York doing his rounds.
It was about 10 at night, and, in front of the door of a hardware store, there was a man. When he saw the policeman, he told him not to be alarmed because he was waiting for a friend whom had not seen for 20 years, and that 20 years ago they had agreed to meet precisely on this day at 10 at night.
After listening to him, the policeman said good night and continued doing his rounds.
Twenty minutes later, a tall man approached Bob, who was waiting for his friend Jimmy Wells. They greeted each other effusively and walked down the dark street. When they arrived in front of a pharmacy where the electric lights illuminated the street, Bob realized that the man who was with him was not his old friend Jimmy Wells.
The man was a plainclothes policeman who had arrested him for being a criminal, alias "Silky".
However, the police gave him a note signed by Jimmy Wells, which said: Bob, as we had agreed, at 10 p.m. I was in front of the hardware store…
QUESTIONS
How would you feel better, being loyal to your friends or doing your duty?
In your opinion, which one of these sentences it's the truest one: 1-People never change, or 2-People are always changing, are never the same?
Have you been on a meeting where people hadn't seen each other for a long time? Tell us your experience.
VOCABULARY
on the beat, club, thoroughfare, stalwart, scaafpin, chum, hustling, stanchest, plodder, pile, groove, razor-edge, bully, outline, pug, plain clothes